# 🐱 Cat face emoji

🐱 Cat face is an emoji in the mammals set of Animals & nature. It was added in Emoji 0.6 in 2010. Related words: animal, kitten, kitty and pet.

- Emoji: 🐱
- Unicode name: cat face
- Code points: U+1F431
- Category: Animals & nature, Mammals
- Added: Emoji 0.6 (2010)
- GitHub shortcode: :cat:
- Keywords: animal, cat, face, kitten, kitty, pet
- Page: https://emojichart.com/cat-face-emoji

## What it means

Pointed ears and whiskers frame this cat's face. It is a common choice for cats and kittens, pets, cuteness, and sweet or playful moods in messages about a beloved pet.

## How to type 🐱

- iPhone and iPad: Open the emoji keyboard, tap Search Emoji and type “cat face”.
- Android: In Gboard, tap the emoji button and search for “cat face”.
- Mac: Press Control–Command–Space (or Globe + E) and type “cat face”.
- Windows: Press Windows + . (period) and type “cat face”.
- GitHub: Type :cat: in an issue, pull request or comment.

## In other languages

| Language | Name | Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Español (es) | cara de gato | cara, cara de gato, gato, mascota |
| Français (fr) | tête de chat | animal, chat, chaton, miaou, minou, tête de chat |
| Deutsch (de) | Katzengesicht | Gesicht, Katze, Katzengesicht, Miau, Miez, Miezekatze, Tier |
| Italiano (it) | muso di gatto | animale, animali, faccina, gatto, muso di gatto |
| Português (pt) | rosto de gato | animal, felino, gatinho, gato, rosto, rosto de gato |
| Nederlands (nl) | kattengezicht | dier, gezicht, huisdier, kat, kitten |
| Svenska (sv) | kattansikte | djur, katt, kattansikte |
| Polski (pl) | głowa kota | buźka, głowa, kicia, kot, kota, kotek, pyszczek, zwierzę |
| Türkçe (tr) | kedi yüzü | ev hayvanı, hayvan, kedi, kedi yüzü, miyav, mındık, mırnav, pisi pisi, şirin, yüz |
| Русский (ru) | морда кошки | животное, кот, кошачья, кошка, морда, питомец |
| Українська (uk) | морда кота | домашня тварина, кіт, котяча морда, морда, морда кота, тварина |
| Ελληνικά (el) | πρόσωπο γάτας | γάτα, γατούλα, ζώο, κατοικίδιο, πρόσωπο, πρόσωπο γάτας |
| العربية (ar) | وجه قطة | أليف, اليف, بسة, بيسة, حيوان, قط, قطة, هر, هرة, هريرة, وجه |
| עברית (he) | פני חתול | חיית מחמד, חתול, חתלתול, פני חתול, פנים |
| فارسی (fa) | صورت گربه | جانور, حیوان, حیوان خانگی, صورت, گربه |
| हिन्दी (hi) | बिल्ली का चेहरा | चेहरा, पशु, बिल्ली, बिल्ली का चेहरा |
| বাংলা (bn) | বিড়ালের মুখ | পশুপাখি, পোষ্য, প্রাণী, বিড়াল, বিড়ালের মুখ, মুখ |
| Bahasa Indonesia (id) | wajah kucing | anak kucing, binatang, hewan, kucing, muka, peliharaan, wajah |
| Tiếng Việt (vi) | mặt mèo | động vật, mặt, mèo, thú cưng |
| ไทย (th) | หน้าแมว | แมว, สัตว์, หน้าแมว |
| 日本語 (ja) | ネコの顔 | ネコ, ネコの顔, ペット, 動物, 子猫, 猫, 顔 |
| 한국어 (ko) | 고양이 얼굴 | 고양이, 동물, 새끼 고양이, 애완동물, 얼굴, 키티 |
| 中文（简体） (zh) | 猫脸 | 宠物, 猫, 猫咪, 猫脸, 脸 |
| 中文（繁體） (zh-Hant) | 貓頭 | 動物, 貓, 貓頭 |

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): katgesig
- Akan (ak): ͻkra anim
- Albanian (sq): fytyrë maceje
- Amharic (am): የድመት ፊት
- Anii (blo): ganyaʊ kaayɛ
- Armenian (hy): կատվի մռութ
- Assamese (as): মেকুৰীৰ মুখ
- Azerbaijani (az): pişik üzü
- Bashkir (ba): бесәй башы
- Basque (eu): katu-aurpegia
- Belarusian (be): каціная пыска
- Bosnian (bs): glava mačke
- Breton (br): penn kazh
- Bulgarian (bg): муцуна на котка
- Burmese (my): ကြောင်ရုပ်
- Cantonese (yue): 貓臉
- Cantonese (Simplified) (yue-Hans): 猫脸
- Catalan (ca): cara de gat
- Cherokee (chr): ᏪᏌ ᎤᎧᏛ
- Chinese (Traditional, Hong Kong SAR China) (zh-Hant-HK): 貓樣
- Chuvash (cv): кушак пуҫӗ
- Croatian (hr): lice mačke
- Czech (cs): hlava kočky
- Danish (da): kattehoved
- Estonian (et): kassi nägu
- European Portuguese (pt-PT): cara de gato
- Faroese (fo): kettuandlit
- Filipino (fil): mukha ng pusa
- Finnish (fi): kissan naama
- Galician (gl): cara de gato
- Georgian (ka): კატის სახე
- Gujarati (gu): બિલાડીનો ચહેરો
- Hausa (ha): fuskar kyanwa
- Hungarian (hu): macskafej
- Icelandic (is): kattarhöfuð
- Igbo (ig): ihu nwaologbo
- Irish (ga): aghaidh cait
- Javanese (jv): rai kucing
- Kalaallisut (kl): katteansigt
- Kannada (kn): ಬೆಕ್ಕಿನ ಮುಖ
- Kazakh (kk): мысықтың беті
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): مىسىقتىڭ بەتى
- Khmer (km): មុខឆ្មា
- Kinyarwanda (rw): indoro y’injangwe
- Konkani (kok): माजरा चेरो
- Kyrgyz (ky): мышыктын башы
- Kʼicheʼ (quc): Upalaj me’s
- Lao (lo): ໜ້າແມວ
- Latvian (lv): kaķa galva
- Lithuanian (lt): katės snukutis
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): głowa kócki
- Luxembourgish (lb): Kazegesiicht
- Macedonian (mk): глава на мачка
- Malay (ms): muka kucing
- Malayalam (ml): പൂച്ച മുഖം
- Maltese (mt): wiċċ ta’ qattus
- Marathi (mr): मांजरीचा चेहरा
- Mongolian (mn): муурын толгой
- Māori (mi): kanohi ngeru
- Nepali (ne): बिरालोको अनुहार
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): Kat Fes
- Northern Sotho (nso): sefahlego sa katse
- Norwegian (no): kattefjes
- Odia (or): ବିରାଡ଼ି ମୁହଁ
- Oromo (om): fuula hadurree
- Pashto (ps): پيشو مخ
- Punjabi (pa): ਬਿੱਲੀ ਦਾ ਚਿਹਰਾ
- Punjabi (Arabic) (pa-Arab): بلی دی شکل
- Quechua (qu): misi uya
- Romanian (ro): față de pisică
- Romansh (rm): fatscha da giat
- Sardinian (sc): murru de gatu
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): aodann cait
- Serbian (sr): лице мачке
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): lice mačke
- Shan (shn): ၼႃႈမႅဝ်း
- Sindhi (sd): ٻلي مهانڊو
- Sinhala (si): බළල් මුහුණ
- Slovak (sk): hlava mačky
- Slovenian (sl): mačji obraz
- Somali (so): waji bisad
- Swahili (sw): uso wa paka
- Tajik (tg): афти гурба
- Tamil (ta): பூனை முகம்
- Telugu (te): పిల్లి ముఖం
- Tigrinya (ti): ገጽ ድሙ
- Tongan (to): mataʻi-pusi
- Tswana (tn): sefatlhego sa katse
- Turkmen (tk): pişik ýüz
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): hłowa kóčki
- Urdu (ur): بلی کا چہرہ
- Uyghur (ug): مۈشۈك چىراي
- Uzbek (uz): mushuk qiyofasi
- Welsh (cy): wyneb cath
- Wolof (wo): kanamu muus
- Xhosa (xh): ubuso bekati
- Yoruba (yo): Ojú olóńgbò
- Zulu (zu): ubuso bekati

## Codes

| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| Code points | `U+1F431` |
| HTML | `🐱` |
| CSS | `\1F431` |
| JavaScript, Rust, Swift | `\u{1F431}` |
| Python | `\U0001F431` |
| UTF-8 bytes | `F0 9F 90 B1` |
| UTF-16 | `D83D DC31` |
| URL encoded | `%F0%9F%90%B1` |

## Questions

### What does the 🐱 cat face emoji mean?

Pointed ears and whiskers frame this cat's face. It is a common choice for cats and kittens, pets, cuteness, and sweet or playful moods in messages about a beloved pet.

### How do I type the 🐱 emoji?

On iPhone, iPad or Android, search the emoji keyboard for “cat face”. On a Mac press Control–Command–Space, and on Windows press Windows + period, then type the same words. You can also copy it from this page. On GitHub, type :cat:.

### When was the 🐱 emoji added?

🐱 was added in Emoji 0.6, released in 2010.

### What is the Unicode code point for 🐱?

U+1F431. In HTML you can write 🐱, and in JavaScript, Rust or Swift \u{1F431}.

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Source: Unicode Emoji 18.0 and Unicode CLDR 49.0.0. Emoji Chart · https://emojichart.com/cat-face-emoji